Developments
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Perfect response: How review replies are driving bookings
A TripAdvisor-commissioned poll of 23,000 travellers globally has found personalised responses from accom managers lead to better customer reviews and…
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Accom wrap: Adelaide accom kicking goals as key developments announced for Brisbane, Perth
Adelaide hotels are experiencing record growth according to analytics company STR, with unparalleled growth recorded over the past four months.
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Booking.com opens 90,000 destinations to crypto payments
Booking.com has partnered with cryptocurrency-friendly platform Travala to open up its accom inventory worldwide to Bitcoin-style payments.
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EXCLUSIVE: Next writes exciting new chapter with Melbourne Ink
Next Story Group has dropped the L from its lacklustre Link brand to create something entirely different in the hip…
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Vast Tassie tourism development rejected over paperwork
A $140 million tourist development on Tasmania’s east coast has been rejected after planners found the developer’s evidence of landowner…
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Alleged hotel knicker nicker blames “fetish”
A man accused of stealing bras and lacy undies from Sydney hotel rooms has described his alleged behaviour as a…
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Balcony debate reignited as teen falls to his death during Schoolies
Gold Coast accommodation providers are reeling from yet another tragedy during Schoolies week.
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Train staff that phone calls are opportunities, not interruptions!
With so much information online at a hotel’s website and elsewhere, the telephone is ringing a lot less than it…
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Accom wrap: Wyndham’s Whitsunday win, Water views feature at Reefsuites, Lid lifted on Hat Hotel
The Wyndham group has bought a majority freehold interest in the former Peppers Airlie Beach resort - two years after…
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Tourism chiefs launch training to target ‘critically important’ market
With Indian visitor numbers predicted to swell by 20 percent in the next two years, a program has been launched…
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